Going to Congress not an American retreat: Kerry
September 01, 2013  20:22
President Barack Obama's decision to seek a Congressional nod for a military strike on Syria is not an American retreat as being described by the Syrian regime, Secretary of State John Kerry said today.

"I don't believe so at all," Kerry told the Fox News Sunday in an interview when asked to comment on the Syrian media statement that seeking congressional authorisation for military action against Syria is "the start of the historic American retreat".

"That is in the hands of the Congress of the United States. The president has made his decision. The President wants to stand up and make certain that we uphold the international norm, that we do not grant impunity to a ruthless dictator to gas his own people," he said in response to a question.

"Anybody who saw those images, anybody who know focuses on the evidence that I just gave you about signatures of sarin in the hair and blood samples of the first responders -- I mean, first responders died. People who went to help the people who were hurt, died in this case," he said.
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